#personal-safety

#personal-safety

The theft was reported outside a business in the 1600 block of North Vasco Road. The victim, a Livermore resident, told police that a woman in a car asked to pray together, held her hands, and slipped replica gold jewelry onto her wrist. After the woman drove off, the victim realized her real gold bracelet, worth more than $500, was gone, police said.

AirFlare enables trusted contacts to request your location via the app, and it even works in remote, low-signal environments. It is designed for non-emergency moments as well, and is perfect when a person is late returning or needs to be found by friends. It requires no additional gear and does not drain the battery life of the smartphone. Unlike GPS apps that constantly run in the background, AirFlare remains completely dormant-drawing zero battery-until it's needed.

I don't make necklaces that cost $10 million. I make jewellery that people wear, literally, every day. I chose not to do that many years ago. I've not ever had someone who's come to me and said, I've been mugged for my Stephen Webster jewellery'. Never.

"It's hard," Elyse said. "It's really, really, hard, ridiculously hard. You have to love it. For me, it's much easier than for some. I'm much happier doing those hard things, trying to find somewhere to live every month, figuring out travel arrangements and dealing with things like getting robbed at gunpoint. That's much easier and fulfilling than having a 9-to-5 job where I'm in one place all the time. Being in one place makes me feel like I am going to go insane."

"Ten minutes after I left the building, the bike was on the move. First, the AirTag pinged at another block of flats the other side of a park."

It's very scary to have something taken from you. It's really made me more aware of my surroundings and just be safe because you never know, it's scary.

"One day it just hit me - I'm a young woman out running at 4 a.m. with nothing to protect myself. It's a less lethal option and it will give you a chance to get away if need be."